At the end of the nineteenth century, a caravan of traders sets off from the high hills of Kumaon, India, for Tibet. When young Debu's father doesn't return, he travels in search him. That's the premise of Deepa Agarwal's new middle-grade novel from Penguin India, Caravan to Tibet.

Two of us in India, two of us in the United States and Michelle in England, we're still finding connections. Once we get going, Michelle might have to move into the role of Whip-cracker and Cat-herder!